Barrel lifter



Jan. 12, 1932. a. E. PERSINGER BARREL LIFTER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 16, 1929 lllllll lillllll Patented Jan. 12, .1932

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p i ."BARREL Application =fi1ed April-'16;

'This invention relates to the class of supports and pertainsparticularly to astructure designed for the support of receptacles such as barrels andthe like. 1 V

The-primary object of the present invention is to provide abarrel support whichwill carry the'barrel in such a manner that the. same may be easily-tipped. for emptying or for the purpose of making the contents there'- of flow to one endequippedwith a draw-01f faucet. I I

Another object of. the invention is to provide a barrel support having means-in the form of a platform for carrying the barrel and means: whereby the platform andbarrel elevation. 1 7 a A further object of the invention is to pro-. vide a barrel handling device having a platcarried thereby may be raised to' a desired l form wherein means is provided for facilit'atscription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of the present invention with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined-t any strict conformity with the showing of :the

drawing but may be changed or modified so long as such changes or-modifications mark sectionalview taken upon the c Figure 3 is a transverse sectional fview Figure 1' is a detailed View of the lifting mechanism apart thereof being in section. Figure is a sectional view taken upon the line 5-5 of Figure 1."

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that the barrel'supporting apparatus embodying the present invention has a main framestructure 1 which comprises a pairof PATENT. e-eplee LIFTE 1929. sw rm. 355,567.

"spaced substantially parallel uprights 2conupon thecenti'al'portion of one of a pair'of spaced parallel base bars 4.- and at their'lower ends these uprights are braced by'the inclined j side members 5 which extend between the uprights andthe supporting base bars in the manner shown.

Secured to the inner faceof each side in em-I 1 her 20f thestructure, substantially midway between the ends thereof, isa lifting device which is indicated; as a whole by thenume-ral 6; 'Eachvof these 'liftingdevices comprises a; g V casing 7 through which runs a vertical rack bar 8, the lower end of the bar8 carrying a cap 9 from which extends a pair of guide 1 member 2 is slidably positioned.

At its inner side the-cap 9fof 'eachrack bar carries an inwardly projecting stirrup 11 which receives a'trunnion'carried by a barrel I supporting frame as hereinafter described."'

V Each'casing 7 is open atone side and'there projects 'from this open side'a lever 12 the inner end of which is OfsubStantialIyLU shaped cross sectional design" and has the walls of the casinginth'e manner shown; 6

Between the side Walls of'the lever 12, the f pin '13 carriesa relatively long awl nthe 7 lower end of which is normally forced inwvardly' against the toothed face oftheladjacent rack bar '8 in the mannershown, .under- $5 the urge of a suitable spring 15.

At its inner end the lever carries a second pawl as indicated'at '16; this pawl being mounted upon a pin-17'which connectsand is carried by the side Walls of the lever 12 9 forwardly of the pawl 'Likethepawl1 1,

the pawli16is normally urged inwardly by a' 7 spring 18 for engagement with the teeth-of j the adjacentrac'k;

, MOUH'tQd upon thepin l3 of each lifting device is a' small plate 12a wl1ichcarries a handle .13a .and-has depending therefrom a leglt'a. The-edge ofthe plate opposite the: leg l la is formed to prov-id-eapair of spurs I 'which?emf-indicated@byjthe numeralsfleb m 17a which is connectedwith the adj aeent-free end of the leg 14a and normally presses upwardly thereagainst.

In the operation of the lifting device for raising the barrel supporting structure the lever 13a is raised.v VV-hen:the-structureis to belowered the-lever.- 13a of each liftingdevice isr-pressed downwto. the point where.

the spurslt-b andlo will be brought to position under the pins 150z of-the-pawls. The spring: 17a will assist in holdingthe plate- 12ain thisposition. By then raising; the

lever 12. ofxthe lifting-device the short pawl;

16 is released'from the rack bar-through contact of the'pin- -oarried'therebywith-the underly-ing'spu-r 14"0, the-top face. of which issloped so that the pawl will be HIOVQdrOlItr wardly away;- from, the leg, thelongpa-wl holding; the rack' bar againstt downward 7 movement. then. lowering. the lifting lever 12, theshort pawl'will bc raised a notch higher upon'the ra-elrand-will lee-released.

against it so that it willlift the rack slightly and allow the 'long pawl -to' be released. then again raising the lifting lever the rack will be-lowe-red'and'this operation can be re-- peated until the barrel carry-ing frame is'lowered the-desired distanced Positioned within the frain e lis a platform 19 which is here-shown-as being of Openconstruction, the same being preferably of an gle iron. As shown, this platform 19 is substantially semiclrcularatone SlClG and 18- square at" the'oppositeside, the square side .ofthe v the side of the platform opposite: the roller" platform-having mounted 'thereacross adj acent arigidbar 20, a rol'ler'21.- Asshown,

and the-sides directly connecting therewith areeprovidedwith the upstanding flange 22,-. which' prevents a-barrel from-sliding from: the platform when placed thereonit, of

course, being'understood thatthe end ofthe barrel is'started onto theend of the platform over the roller 21 and slid toward the round side thereof:

During.- this operation the platfornr is placed upon the. cross-bars 23 whichconnect.

the lower or base'members-fof the frame. From the platform 19 there extends up 'wardly a pair-ofiside bars 24 each of which carries,- intermediate its ends and upon its outer face, a trunnion pin 25'which -is-de-' signedzto rest in a strirrup 'll carried byi'the adj acentx toothed rack 8. The upfright barsi I 2420f the-barrel supporting zplatform.areconnected at one side by a series of semicircular bands 26 and coacting with each of these bands 26 and positioned upon the opposite side of the uprights 24 are shiftable semicircular bands 27 each of which is hingedly connected at one end to an upright 24 as indicated-at 28 and carries at its other end a latch arm 29 which. is-pivoted thereto. Thesefshiftable'bands form, in cooperation with the fixed bands 26', hoops designed to engage about abarrel to liol ditin'position upon the platform 19. e

: Each of the latch members 29 carries an elongated. loop. 30. which is designed to engage one of a plurality of hooks 31 carried 89 upon the: outer; face1of.=theadjacent end of a fixed band From this: it; will be readily: understood that when l the loops; 30* of the latches 29 are engaged.'overzone-ofzthe hooks: 8b and. therlatch 29 swunginwardlyto position 'againstzthe body of the-band by: which It '1 is carried; the shiftable band will be drawn. tightly about a barrel positioned-therein.

Fronr'the foregoing. description it' will be? apparent that; aftersplacing: a barrel inupi- 90 right position upon the platform 19 andsee curing. the hoops or; bands.- thereab out :to .hold it .in place; the platform. and b arrel..may bereadily raised by manipulationof the'levers 12. of the liftinglelements 6wuntil an elevation: is-reached which will permit of& the free-.tilt-- ing or oscillation of the barrel and platform. ELbOlltttllfi trunnion-25. 1

Having thus described my invention, .whtah I-claim is j A barrel liftingaand :handling. device. com-:-

prising a base, an upright frame carriedfby the base and .includingxaz pair ofv spaced members, a barrel supporting; platform-pivotally arranged in the frame between the saidmem bers, a-liftingielement carriedbyzeach of. said members .upon' its inner face: andzincluding' a. vertically: reciprooable rackandmeans for' actuatingithe saine,.a slide carried by each; racli. andaengaging. the adj acent members, a: 119 carrying stirrup carriedby each slide, and: supporting trunnions carriedby the. body? supporting; platformand designed to poshtion in one of said stirrups saidiplatforinbe ing adapted to engage onee-ndof abarrel for 113 normally: holdingithe barrel in substantially upright: position; v

In testimony whereof I hereunto aftixln y signature. f

BERNARD E.-.1 .E 

